Congratulations! Students of Buddhist Studies receive project funding
6 August 2022
Photo: v.l.n.r. Jiangtian Wu, Lanting Liu, Xuanhui Zhu
As part of the Excellence Strategy, Universität Hamburg supports students in tackling their own research projects during their studies and gaining early qualifications in research-based learning. Students at Universität Hamburg in Bachelor's, Master's and state examination courses can apply in teams of at least two people whose research projects with a maximum duration of 12 months in the form of materials such as material costs (specialist literature and software, small devices), travel expenses, research purposes and conference fees (also for digital conferences) can be funded.
Ms. Xuanhui Zhu, Ms. Lanting Liu (Master's students in Buddhist Studies) and Mr. Jiangtian Wu (Bachelor's student in Languages and Cultures of India and Tibet) applied for a grant with the project Buddhism in Contemporary Society: A Case of Modern Mindfulness, which has now been approved . The NUMATA Center for Buddhist Studies warmly congratulates the scholarship holders!
As part of the funding project, the students will address the following questions from the perspective of Buddhist teachings and traditions: "What is mindfulness really? What allows it to attract innumerable advocates all over the world, including Germany, where the cultural and religious settings are completely different? What modern spiritual needs does the popularity of mindfulness reflect?"
More information about the project will be available here shortly.